Somatic Experiencing is a body-based approach to healing that focuses on how stress and past experiences are held in the nervous system. Rather than only talking about what’s happened to us, we gently track sensations in the body to help release stored tension, complete physiological shock, and restore a sense of safety and regulation. This work gently resources and supports you in moving out of survival patterns and back into a more grounded, responsive, and alive way of being.

Polyvagal Theory helps us understand how your nervous system responds to safety, stress, and connection. It explains why you might feel calm and open in some moments, and shut down or reactive in others. In therapy, we use this framework to help you recognize your nervous system states and tendencies, and build capacity to recognize regulation, safety, and connection. This theory creates a foundation for deeper emotional work, healthier relationships, and a greater sense of ease in your body and between you and your beloved others.

Parts work is grounded in the understanding that we all have different “parts” that make up our Self as a whole, each part shaped by experience, working to protect us in its own way. In therapy, we identify and build awareness of these parts of Self. We become curious about why they are arising and discern for ourselves whether they create connection or protection This process supports a greater sense of inner clarity, compassion, and wholeness, and allows us to better relate to others. Parts work integrates especially well with somatic approaches, and while it has been formalized in modern psychology, it has roots in Indigenous ways of understanding the Self as inherently multiple and interconnected.

Emotion-Focused Therapy is a research-backed, grounded theory that addresses our attachment tendencies, as well as identifies our strategies for protection and connection in relationships. It centers the idea that our emotions are key to understanding ourselves and connecting with others. In this work, we slow down and explore emotional experiences as they arise, helping you access, make sense of, and express deeper feelings. This work allows for more secure attachment, clearer communication, experiences of joining and being joined with by our beloved others, and making meaningful shifts in how you relate to yourself and the people you love.

This approach looks at how your patterns in relationships are shaped by both your family of origin, as well as cultivates your ability to stay connected to yourself while remaining in connection with others. We explore themes like emotional reactivity, boundaries, empathy, and intimacy, helping you develop a stronger sense of Self without losing closeness and your ability to relate to others. The goal is not distance or heightened individualism, but a more grounded, differentiated way of relating - where you can stay present, honest, and connected, even in moments of tension, pain, or conflict.

• You’re curious about yourself and open to exploring not just your thoughts, but your emotional patterns, your bodily sensations, nervous system and inner experience

• You’re interested in healing as an ongoing practice, rather than a quick fix

• You’re willing to slow down, notice, and engage with what’s happening in your Self, senses, and nervous system

• You want to feel more at home in your body and experience, not just understand yourself intellectually

• You’re open to receiving and giving honest, compassionate feedback in your personal relationships, as well as the therapeutic relationship

• You’re ready to actively engage in the process, including reflecting or practicing between sessions

• You’ve tried traditional talk therapy and are looking for a deeper, more experiential approach

• You feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, shutdown, overwhelm, panic or reactivity and want support shifting them

• You want to deepen your sense of Self, your sense of playfulness, your desires, and what makes you feel most alive

• You’re navigating relationship challenges and want to show up with more presence, regulation, and connection

• You’re a performer, creative, or high-performing individual seeking a more embodied and sustainable way of working and living

• You’re looking for quick solves, advice-giving, or a short-term, solution-focused approach

• You’re not interested in engaging with your body or nervous system as part of the work

• You prefer a structured, skills-based, or directive therapy style without much depth exploration or active accountability

• You’re not open to feedback or collaborative reflection within your relationships

• You’re unable or unwilling to engage with a growth or noticing process outside of session when appropriate

• You’re seeking immediate stabilization that may be better supported by a higher level of care (such as intensive outpatient or inpatient treatment)

• You are engaging in non-consensual sexual behavior or illegal sexual behavior (referrals are always offered)

• You don’t value social justice or equality for all - we evaluate the ways our positionality, intersectionality, and social location create inequality and oppression, and work to dismantle unjust power dynamics, racism, and sexism in this work and as a lifelong practice